Wendy Wu

Wendy feeds an elephant in Bali!

Wendy Wu, Class of 2016 Major(s): Accounting and Business Administration Hometown: Palo Alto, CA Semester joined USC Phi Alpha Delta: Fall 2012 How have you been spending your summer? I'm participating in a marketing research internship with the USC Marshall School of Business in Singapore for two months in the summer. Meanwhile, I’m doing a little bit of traveling interspersed here and there. So far, I've visited Bali, but I’ve got Taiwan, Kuala Lumpur, Palau Ubin, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and other cities on my list of places to visit! Plans after Undergrad? Tentatively, law school. What do you enjoy most about USC Phi Alpha Delta? I like the fact that I can meet other people who are interested in the legal profession from all sorts of majors and backgrounds. Since there's no official "pre-law" track, it's really difficult to find a community of people with similar career goals as I do, but I was very fortunate to find that family among the members of USC PAD.

Alice Hall-Partyka

Alice shows us the UN General Assembly Room.

Alice Hall-Partyka, Class of 2014 Major(s): Global Health (B.S.) and Environmental Studies (B.A.) Hometown: La Cañada, CA Semester joined USC Phi Alpha Delta: Fall 2012 How have you been spending your summer? After wrapping up my study abroad semester in Madrid, I hopped over to Geneva to intern for the World Health Organization. At WHO, I'm authoring a training course for health professionals around the world to encourage the incorporation of human rights into their work in child and adolescent health. During the World Health Assembly and Human Rights Conference, I was able to sit in on official United Nations meetings and side events with the member states. Plans after Undergrad? I'm currently deciding whether to take a year off, likely to live in Latin America (or Southeast Asia) to work on a public health or other human rights related project. After that, the plan is to attend law school in an international human rights law or international health law program! What do you enjoy most about USC Phi Alpha Delta? Joining PAD has given me amazing amount of guidance and prep for law school, plus I've met a great group of people along the way! Are you involved in other student orgs besides Phi Alpha Delta? Prior to my study abroad, I was president of USC ACTIVE (Achieving Change through Inspiring Values and Education), a student organization that runs mentoring and college preparatory programs in inner-city middle schools and high schools. In addition, I was the Director of Community Building for USC GlobeMed, a student-run nonprofit that partners with a Ghanaian nonprofit to train community health workers. I have also taught for the Joint Educational Project's Young Scientists Program and the Neighborhood Academic Initiative's Science Academy Health Course.

Alice's PAD's-eye view of the General Assembly Room at the Palais de Nations